Celebrity Politician for Your State?

Ahhnold has thrown his hat into the ring in Cali, and he may very well be saying "I'll be back" and "hasta la vista, baby" all the way to Sacramento. And this, just after Jerry Springer turned down a chance to run for the Senate in Ohio. Blame it all on Jesse Ventura. Or maybe the Gipper himself.

What celebrity might be the right one to make a run for office in your state/province? Oprah Winfrey in Illinois? John Mellencamp in Indiana? Barry Switzer in Oklahoma? Mark Cuban in Texas? Charles Barkley in Alabama?

What other celebrities might be infected with this bug to serve in the public interest? Cyburbanites, think of the possibilities. And share them.

A natural for the machiavellian world of RI politics would be Richard Hatch, Survivor winner. Although he did get into trouble with the State for having his adopted son do boot camp style exercises everyday at 4 am.

James Woods would get the liberal vote.

The Farrelly Brothers would get the vote of people who demand more diarrhea jokes in state politics.

Originally posted by El Feo You might be right, at least as long as he can keep this a secret...

I wonder how he really feels

"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. Time makes more converts than reason." - Thomas Paine Common Sense.

"A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. Time makes more converts than reason." - Thomas Paine Common Sense.

I lived in Carmel when Clint was mayor. He wasn't much of a mayor, but there were always lots of people at the Council meetings. He tossed tens of thousands into polling and campaign stuff in a city where campaigns were expensive if they went as high as $500.

Celebrity Politician for Your State?

I guess Huey Lewis could run. The rumor in rock and roll is he is very BIG. He has the name recognition and recently was in the news for denying anglers access to a slough on his property.

Some of our other celebrities include: Michael Keaton (maybe Attorney General - "I am Batman"); Liz Claiborne (who is very generous to her rural fire department and loved by her neighbors); Mel Gibson (who owns a ranch or two); Ted Turner (who owns a lot of ranches and is about as popular in the state as Rush Limbaugh at a NOW convention), and Jim Nabors.

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“As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and they would rather serve with their money than with their persons, the State is not far from its fall”
Jean-Jacques Rousseau